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From Township auditorium director Sally Roach: “Great idea (that) would breathe some life into downtown on the weekend!”

The State House would have security and grounds issues, said Budget and Control Board spokesman Mike Sponhour. But “there might be other state-owned sites ... perhaps near the museum complex, along the river?”

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Tax money would have to build and maintain it, the group said. Allowing alcohol sales would help groups pump up revenues and compete with other venues.

Put it on the greenway, said Watson Tate Savory’s Michael Watson, state president of the American Institute of Architects.